PAR proteins regulate microtubule dynamics at the cell cortex in C. elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 707-714

  Labbé, Jean Claude ^a   Maddox, Paul S ^a   Salmon, E D ^a   Goldstein, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0037799920     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00251-3     Document Type: Article

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